The Skill FAQ - How can skillz pay the bills?

[ken0042]

Originally Posted by fotze

How new is the infraction system, I got a few of those puppies lately.

It's been around for a while- longer than I've been a mod. I believe it came along about the same time we switched to the new forum software; so a while anyways.

[SpitFire40]

The fact that you guys are so touchy with the term nazi makes me scratch my head. It's a term often used in describing how some message boards are managed.

No offense intended to those sensitive to the term "Nazi" Dictatorship could've been used, but as a regular joe user I prefer the term Nazi

[timbit]

Mussolini was the ruler of a Fascist Dictatorship regime. Hitler was the ruler of the Nazi Party, an Authoritarian regime.
I can help you further with the differences, if you would like.

PM me.

[Superfraggle]

Originally Posted by SpitFire40

The fact that you guys are so touchy with the term nazi makes me scratch my head. It's a term often used in describing how some message boards are managed.

No offense intended to those sensitive to the term "Nazi" Dictatorship could've been used, but as a regular joe user I prefer the term Nazi

Are you really not aware of the connotations connected with the term "Nazi"? However you meant it, referring to anyone/anything as "Nazi" is a VERY negative term in Western culture.

Why? Oh I'm not sure...something about a big war where lots of people got killed...oh, and this Holocaust thingy...had something to do with attempted genocide.

Dictatorship is still generally negative, but not nearly so strong, and is actually more descriptive of what you were complaining about. So whichever term you "prefer" to use, "dictatorship" is far more likely to receive a constructive response and not make people so "touchy".

Although I'm not sure why either term was really necessary. You had already made your point.

[SpitFire40]

Wow... Political correctness can go to hell. I am well aware of WWII history and the dark shroud that surrounds the term "Nazi" but c'mon fraggle... take it easy.

I'd hate to see your reaction during the Seinfeld episode "The Soup Nazi" sheesh!

[Superfraggle]

Originally Posted by SpitFire40

Wow... Political correctness can go to hell. I am well aware of WWII history and the dark shroud that surrounds the term "Nazi" but c'mon fraggle... take it easy.

I'd hate to see your reaction during the Seinfeld episode "The Soup Nazi" sheesh!

Actually, I love the Soup Nazi episode. They were being funny. You were being serious. See the difference?

Regardless, you're welcome to your views on political correctness. But you shouldn't be surprised when people get defensive upon being related to Nazism.

[SpitFire40]

Nazi wasn't the best term...I'll admit that but I've had relatives die at the hands of the Nazi regime so I am sensitive to what they've done. I just think you went a little too PC on me there.

Anyway, let's move on...

[Reggie Dunlop]

Can I nominate myself for a red square?

[Freeway]

Originally Posted by timbit

Mussolini was the ruler of a Fascist Dictatorship regime. Hitler was the ruler of the Nazi Party, an Authoritarian regime.
I can help you further with the differences, if you would like.

PM me.

To be more precise, Facist Italy was authoritarian (interested in nothing but keeping power). Nazi Germany was totalitarian (interested in seizing control of all areas of the public and private spheres for the purpose of societal transformation).

[Resolute 14]

So I see I got red dotted today. Am I, by chance, the first person to ever go from red to blue and back to red? I feel like a yo-yo,

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by Snakeeye

So I see I got red dotted today. Am I, by chance, the first person to ever go from red to blue and back to red? I feel like a yo-yo,

i went from grey, to red, to grey, to blue, and then finally back to red. maybe we can get a prize for the most bi-polar member

[J pold]

I went from black to blue, than just skipped black all together and went straight to red!

[Bobblehead]

I guess the real question is....

Has Skill altered how you post? Do you take an extra second to wonder if a post adds content or is just trolling/provoking/generally being a jerk?

[J pold]

I would like to think I that I am not a huge jerk and I do my best to respect everyone’s insight and opinion, and I have to say the hole idea of skill has changed the way I post….kind of like your mother always says think twice before you say something…well the skill has made me think twice before I post something

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by J pold

kind of like your mother always says think twice before you say something

Really? Your mother loves it when I speak before I think. Something about a desert turning into a rainforest...

[Azure]

Originally Posted by Bobblehead

I guess the real question is....

Has Skill altered how you post? Do you take an extra second to wonder if a post adds content or is just trolling/provoking/generally being a jerk?

It has for me.

After getting a blue point for a hit and run post...I try not to do that anymore.

[J pold]

Originally Posted by rubecube

Really? Your mother loves it when I speak before I think. Something about a desert turning into a rainforest...

[Flame On]

I got my blue square towards the end of the season. Now it's very difficult to get rid of the shame due to little Flame content being around not to mention the lack of posters in the summer. So now they're not here to see my amazingly well thought out posts now.
Didn't help it was right in the middle of the Playfair wars. Oh well. It does make me think twice.
I just feel the blue skills are a lot harder to get rid of than is perhaps warranted.

[Burninator]

I can't speak for everyone, but someone having a blue doesn't affect my opinion of their post that much, if at all. I'll read pretty much every post in the thread that I am looking at. But if you have a blue square and make an exceptionally poor post then I am not really surprised. Unless your join is May 07 and you have a blue square chances are I won't respond to your post. If you've been here less than a month and somehow already attracted negative attention there is a good chance the discussion between us is not going to be worth the time. Just my two cents, I wouldn't get too bent out of shape over a blue square. But then again that's coming from someone with a red one, so you can take it for what it's worth.

[CaramonLS]

Originally Posted by Burninator

I can't speak for everyone, but someone having a blue doesn't affect my opinion of their post that much, if at all. I'll read pretty much every post in the thread that I am looking at. But if you have a blue square and make an exceptionally poor post then I am not really surprised. Unless your join is May 07 and you have a blue square chances are I won't respond to your post. If you've been here less than a month and somehow already attracted negative attention there is a good chance the discussion between us is not going to be worth the time. Just my two cents, I wouldn't get too bent out of shape over a blue square. But then again that's coming from someone with a red one, so you can take it for what it's worth.

It does for me. I'm a Squarist.